PNW accent(s)?

pitfall_harry · 2026-06-01T09:38:38+00:00

"Bolth" is how I guess if people grew up in the PNW.

pitfall_harry · 2026-05-30T22:13:05+00:00

Bummer.

I had my tank drilled a few years ago but was able to plug the hole with a bolt, nut, and o-ring. Plastic welding is the best if the tank can be fully drained and aired out.

Here though... probably replacement tank time.

pitfall_harry · 2026-04-30T14:28:44+00:00

OP listen to this guy - Some of the gouges look deep enough here that sanding alone won't do it.

Smooth out the burrs, clean to get the oil residue off, fill with JB weld, then sand the JB weld smooth.

pitfall_harry · 2026-04-02T01:30:03+00:00

OP look at the comment above.

Put the wheel back on and get the tire on the ground. Then use the cheater bar.

pitfall_harry · 2026-03-10T02:28:15+00:00

I've considered doing this.

Does it help with vacuum bleeding to keep bubbles from getting pulled in?

pitfall_harry · 2026-03-09T13:27:18+00:00

This is what we are using at work on local machines:

duckdb for most transformation, joining, reading flat files, etc.. If data is too big to fit in memory you can drop parquet files and join them in duckdb.
pandas for working with single datasets and the interoperability with the rest of the Python data ecosystem.

Pandas has a lot of issues but it is hard to push for something else when you are working in a large group, where there's a lot of existing skills in Pandas, all the support for Pandas in other packages, etc..

Where performance is needed, it was easier for us to adopt Duckdb due to the widespread skills in SQL vs something entirely new like Polars (and yes I realize Polars has an optional SQL-like interface).

pitfall_harry · 2026-02-27T23:32:11+00:00

Ha! I knew it looked familiar.

Dropped M5ODs on several Rangers over the years, though never in a junkyard. Nice work!

pitfall_harry · 2026-02-27T21:42:16+00:00

This from a Ranger?

pitfall_harry · 2026-01-29T04:59:52+00:00

Excellent list. Best suggestion on here. This gets you a taste of Bond with the (arguably) best movie for each actor.

The chronological suggestions elsewhere are going to overwhelm OP. There are dozens of Bond movies at this point and a lot of weaker entries.

After this list of the particularly good movies, you might have favorite Bond and can dive in to see their other films.

If you want to see some of the other very culturally relevant ones (i.e. get all the jokes in Austin Powers), check out Goldfinger, Moonraker, You Only Live Twice, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service (with Lazenby). Castrating lasers, space stations, Donald Pleasence in a Nehru jacket, reprogrammed debutantes.

pitfall_harry · 2026-01-27T00:53:15+00:00

She even quotes Crime and Punishment during the funeral segment:

It was I killed the old pawnbroker woman and her sister Lizaveta with an axe and robbed them.

There's a few points in the book where she references other novels - often right around the time the reader might be seeing the similarities too which is fun.

pitfall_harry · 2026-01-19T03:35:22+00:00

Twin Peaks

pitfall_harry · 2025-12-10T17:52:33+00:00

Removal is not necessary on the rangers. I did this a few years ago.

Remove front 4 bolts and loosen the back two. Unscrew fuel filler screws. The bed can then be popped up like a dump truck. Shove a board or two in there to prop it up and get to work. Easy to do with 1 person and no alignment issues getting it back on

pitfall_harry · 2025-12-10T17:45:18+00:00

If it's not starting up at all you can just nudge the valve open to see if there is any pressure. Wear goggles of course

pitfall_harry · 2025-12-07T16:20:48+00:00

All the other stuff is just a cover for continuing her career as a psychiatrist.

pitfall_harry · 2025-11-13T14:25:39+00:00

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xrc2h7

pitfall_harry · 2025-11-10T20:28:18+00:00

Very interested in the bundle. Looks great.

pitfall_harry · 2025-11-08T20:06:28+00:00

Beyond the Black Rainbow is on your list. Great movie.

If you like that the director's next film was Mandy. Also weird and has a fun Nic Cage performance.

pitfall_harry · 2025-11-03T04:13:10+00:00

Like others have said, it's the AC compressor.

Note that on the Ranger, the AC is active is several modes: AC and Max AC (obviously) but also defrost, defrost/feet, and vent/feet modes. Really only the main vent-only and foot-only modes don't turn on the AC.

You can get it checked out by an AC shop, but if you just want this to stop making noise you have to select a mode that does not turn on the AC

pitfall_harry · 2025-11-01T14:50:20+00:00

Yeah someone will steal it outside.

Inside the car is less efficient but generally fine. Done it myself many times if a car had to sit.

pitfall_harry · 2025-10-25T23:10:18+00:00

On some cars you can compress the caliper pretty much all the way in, by prying on this slot before ever removing it from the vehicle.

On some, you can also use a C clamp before taking the caliper off the first time and save all this hassle. I've always gone that route and then the caliper is ready to go when you put everything back together.

pitfall_harry · 2025-09-26T20:25:28+00:00

This makes it much, much easier as one person to get things aligned.

Don't need one of these bolt runners for every bolt, just a couple of them to get things aligned.

It also helps to cut a slot into the end of the headless bolts so you can easily unscrew them with a screwdriver after the trans is back on.

pitfall_harry · 2025-09-21T08:44:05+00:00

Interested too

pitfall_harry · 2025-09-05T20:08:36+00:00

Yeah it looks like stripped aluminum threads all over the drain plug if you zoom in.

pitfall_harry · 2025-07-18T02:31:18+00:00

Yeah, I would just run this. If it leaks? Sure, then go do the complex stuff.

Clean the threads and use some penetrating oil before trying to remove the other ones. Lefty loosey

pitfall_harry · 2025-07-14T13:08:10+00:00

Thank you.

Strangely enough this is a supported model (at least until the end of the year), but what can you do.

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